I've had people who came here from Communist countries tell me they hadn't seen this much government intrusion into the citizens' lives in their native lands. It's hard to accept, isn't it, but the truth is, as tyrannical and bureaucratic those governments were, as human organizations they weren't as mature and advanced as ours are today! Most of the immigrants these days are economic immigrants and you see how many refuse to assimilate, living here with the point of reference of their lives outside the borders of America. In the meantime, the law factories in the state capitals and in DC just keep churning out new absurd laws, new insane regulations, new taxes. Many here expected Dubya to roll back some of the gubmint and are now deeply saddened (so to speak)! They should have remembered Ronald Reagan's "successes" implementing the same project.
I'm sure they'll be on the next boat back.